Corporate governance at the World Bank and the dilemma of global governance

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-198

  Kaja, Ashwin ^a   Werker, Eric ^b  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; WORLD BANK;

EID: 77956303920     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhq006     Document Type: Article

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